Modernism as a movement was a response to the horrors of World War-I and to the rising industrial societies and growth of cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It challenged the harmony and the rationality of the Enlightenment and sought to reinvent art and literature of the age. To do so‚ it broke away from the works of the past and conventions that were earlier held at a pedestal. The conception that reality could be easily be comprehended was replaced by modernism with a more
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MEG 2 Assignments Ans. 2 Shakespeare’s “Midsummer’s Night Dream” is interwoven with supernatural elements such as fairies‚ elves‚ unrealistic dreams that have been used as a tool to create confusion and therefore comedy within a dream about romance. Like the witches in Macbeth‚ the fairies in “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” are very much a part of life and interact with men and this can be clearly seen when Oberon accuses Titania of having an affair with the mortal Thesus. Dreams within a
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the cemetery. The play doesn’t have the unity of time and has many plots. In “Waiting for Godot‚” however‚ we see close adherence to the three unities. The unity of time is two days and action is set in one place‚ where Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot. In ancient drama‚ the character is often of noble birth and hold an important social position. At the same time‚ he is the tragic hero and any decision he makes lead him to personal catastrophe. An ancient main character
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Essay on Technology and Ethics Essay on Technology and Ethics As the technological advancements are taking place day by day concerns are growing among the various religious and ethical groups about the ethics involved in the kind of technology. As we know that there are pros and cons of using any technology but sometimes many protest that the technologies are more of used for the selfish purposes to fulfill human needs than to be beneficial for the mankind. Lets take the most common example of
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This is one of my attempts to highlight a few of the connections between the thought provoking scenes of this movie and the Existential movement in 19th and 20th century Philosophy. I do list and describe a few scenes and quotes‚ so i’ll throw on a SPOILER alert just in case. One of the most prominent concepts in I (Heart) Huckabees is that of Martin Heidegger’s Dasein. Dasein‚ literally meaning "Being-there"‚ is Heidegger’s method in which he applies another prominant Existential philospher
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While the texts in this elective cover a wide diversity of form‚ they all engage with the personal and political concerns of the Cold War era and the associated social‚ philosophical‚ and moral issues As CS Lewis states “Literature adds to reality‚ it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect‚ it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” Literary representations are to be valued as they arise from
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THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD The dictionary meaning of the word ‘Absurd’ is unreasonable‚ ridiculous or funny. But it is used in a somewhat different sense when we speak of the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’‚ or more commonly known now-a-days as ‘Absurd Drama’. The phrase ‘The Theatre of the Absurd’ was coined by the critic Martin Esslin‚ who made it the title of his book on the same subject‚ published in 1961. Esslin points out in this book that there is no such thing as a regular
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Akyüz 1 A Black Hole Inside: Alienation in the 21st Century While discussing an internal problem‚ the first remarkable point must be the most close one to the reality even though Oscar Wilde states “the great events of the world take place in the brain” (26). Shakespeare ’s Hamlet may have been the first modern individual by showing his internal struggle as he wonders which path is “nobler” (Ham. III.i. 53-63). In the modern world‚ one of the observable and inclusive concepts is the process
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Samuel Beckett: Sound and Silence Patrick Richert FHSU February 15‚ 2013 Samuel Beckett was a world renown author of poetry‚ novels‚ and theatrical plays. He was born in Ireland and spent much of his adult life in Paris. His works were primarily written in French‚ and then translated‚ many times by the author himself‚ into English. He is known for creating works of dark comedy‚ and absurdism‚ and later in his career a minimalist. Due to his late start as an author‚ he is considered one
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Power‚ self‚ and other: the absurd in ’Boesman and Lena.’ Athol Fugard Issue Twentieth Century Literature‚ Winter 1993‚ by Craig W. McLuckie. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0403/is_n4_v39/ai_16087648/pg_5/?tag=content;col1 [Accessed: 2011/02/21. As the substantive body of criticism about Samuel Beckett’s theatre attests‚ it is difficult not to impose a variety of contexts onto his work.(1) Athol Fugard’s theatre‚ alternatively‚ restricts and focuses one’s perceptions so that it is difficult
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